Upstream information

CVE-2011-2686 at MITRE

Description

Ruby before 1.8.7-p352 does not reset the random seed upon forking, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to predict the values of random numbers by leveraging knowledge of the number sequence obtained in a different child process, a related issue to CVE-2003-0900. NOTE: this issue exists because of a regression during Ruby 1.8.6 development.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 5
Vector AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 704409 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
  • ruby-devel >= 1.8.7.p357-0.9.17.1
  • ruby-doc-html >= 1.8.7.p357-0.9.17.1
  • ruby-doc-ri >= 1.8.7.p357-0.9.17.1
  • ruby-examples >= 1.8.7.p357-0.9.17.1
  • ruby-test-suite >= 1.8.7.p357-0.9.17.1
  • ruby-tk >= 1.8.7.p357-0.9.17.1
Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 GA ruby-devel-1.8.7.p357-0.9.17.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
  • ruby >= 1.8.7.p357-0.7.1
  • ruby-doc-html >= 1.8.7.p357-0.7.1
  • ruby-tk >= 1.8.7.p357-0.7.1
Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 GA ruby-1.8.7.p357-0.7.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
  • ruby >= 1.8.7.p357-0.9.9.1
  • ruby-doc-html >= 1.8.7.p357-0.9.9.1
  • ruby-tk >= 1.8.7.p357-0.9.9.1
Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 GA ruby-1.8.7.p357-0.9.9.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
  • ruby >= 1.8.7.p357-0.9.17.1
  • ruby-devel >= 1.8.7.p357-0.9.17.1
  • ruby-doc-html >= 1.8.7.p357-0.9.17.1
  • ruby-doc-ri >= 1.8.7.p357-0.9.17.1
  • ruby-examples >= 1.8.7.p357-0.9.17.1
  • ruby-test-suite >= 1.8.7.p357-0.9.17.1
  • ruby-tk >= 1.8.7.p357-0.9.17.1
Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 GA ruby-1.8.7.p357-0.9.17.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 GA ruby-devel-1.8.7.p357-0.9.17.1
SUSE Studio Onsite Runner 1.2
  • ruby-devel >= 1.8.7.p357-0.7.1
Patchnames:
slestso12-ruby-187p357


Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Lifecycle Management Server 1.3 ruby Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 ruby Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 ruby Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 ruby Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 ruby Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS ruby Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 ruby Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS ruby Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 ruby Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS ruby Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 ruby Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS ruby Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP1 ruby Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP2 ruby Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 ruby Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Business All-in-One 11 SP1 ruby Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1 ruby Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 ruby Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 ruby Affected
SUSE Studio Onsite 1.3 ruby Released


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Jul 9 19:12:50 2013
CVE page last modified: Thu Dec 7 13:03:25 2023